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REV.  S.  LA.NDER,  A.*ML 


GREENSBORO,  N.  C.: 

PUBLISHED  BY  STERLING,  CAMPBELL  &  ALBRIGHT. 

RIQIIM^lgbj  TA^  W.JlARaSAyE  WHITE. 

COffUMIfIA,  S.  C:  TOWtflEXD  A  NORTH. 


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THE  VERBAL  PRIMER 


BY 


REV.  S.  LENDER,  A.M. 


GREENSBORO,  N.C.: 

PUBLISHED  BY  STERLLNG.  CAMPBELL  &  ALBRIGHT. 

RICHMOND,  TA.:  W.   UAKGRAVE  WHITE. 

OOLUMBTA,  S.  C:  TOWNSEND  4  NORTH. 


Entered  according  to  Act  of  Congress,  in  the  year  1865, 

BY  REV.  S.  LANDER, 
In  the  Clerk's  Office  of  the  District  Court  of  the  Confede- 
rate States,  for  the  District  of  Cape  Fear,  North  Carolina 


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TO  THE  TEACHER. 


This  little  work  is  presented  to  the  public  not  without 
much  solicitude,  inasmuch  as  I  know  that  its  plan  is  en- 
tirely novel  in  most  sections  of  our  country,  and  people  are 
apt  to  look  with  suspicion  on  any  new  candidate  for  their  * 
favor.  But  *I  am  perfectly  convinced  by  my  own  experi- 
ence in  teaching  that  the  verbal  system  herein  presented  is 
much  more  natural,  more  interesting  to  the  child,  and 
therefore  more  successful,  than  the  alphabetic  system  in 
common  use.  And  hence  I  ask  with  confidence  that  you 
will  give  the  plan  a  thorough  examination  and  a  fair  trial 
at  your  earliest  convenience. 

Two  points  to  be  borne  in  mind  in  preparing  a  text- book 
for  children  are  first,  that  the  lessons  be  .within  their 
comprehension,  and  secondly,  that,  in  subject  and  manner 
of  treatment,  they  be  interesting  as  well  as  instructive.  I 
have  steadily  kept  these  two  points  in  view  in  writing  this 
little  book.     How  I  have  succeeded,  you  must  decide. 

Two  great  evils  in  our  systems  of  education  are  forcing 
little  children  to  study  against  their  will,  and  sending 
them  to  school  at  too  tender  an  age.  In  early  childhood, 
they  should  be  impressed  with  the  fact  that  attendance  at 
school  is  a  great  privilege  and  not  a  duty  at  all :  and,  as 
soon  as  their  interest  in  their  studies  begins  to  abate,  they 
should  be  instantly  removed  from  school,  not  to  gratify  so 
much  as  to  punish  them. 

If,  with  these  principles  in  view,  you  use  this  Primer 
strictly  according  to  its  plan,  I  firmly  believe  that  you  will 
be  favorably  struck  with  the  unusual  progress  your  pupil 
will  make  in  the  first  and  most  tiresome  stages  of  his  edu- 
cational course. 


IV  *      TO  THE  TEACHER. 


THE  PLAN  OF  THE  WORK 

May  be  given  in  few  words,  as  follows: — Take  a  child  of 
at  least  six  years  of  age,  who  does  not  know  a  single  letter 
of  the  alphabet.  Secure  his  attention,  and  read  to  him 
distinctly  and  well  the  first  lesson  of  the  book,  letting  him 
look  at  the  picture  while  you  are  reading  the  lesson.  Then 
propose  to  him  that  he  shall  learn  to  read  the  same  lesson. 
If  he  expresses  his  desire  to  try  it,  which  he  will  be  almost 
sure  to  do,  point  out  and  pronounce  for  him  each  word  in 
the  first  sentence,  letting  him  repeat  each  word  after  you, 
imitating  precisely  your  pronunciation  and  inflections,- — 
*  Then  call  his  attention  to  some  single  word,  as  "book," 
for  instance,  and  ask  .him  to  find  the  tame  word  elsewhere 
on  the  page.  If  it  is  there,  he  will  be  almost  sure  to  find 
it.  After  going  through  the  most  important  worcls  of  the 
first  sentence  in  this  way,  read  this  sentence  with  him 
again  as  before,  and  then  read  the  second  sentence  in  the 
same  way.  If  you  can  keep  up  his  attention  long  enough, 
go  on  through  the  whole  lesson  in  this  way,  never  saying  a 
word  to  him  about  his  letters.  If  his  interest  flags,  how- 
ever, stop  the  exercise,  as  soon  as  you  perceive  that  his 
mind  is  wandering*  dose  the  book,  take  it  from  him,  and 
send  him  out  to  play.  If,  after  reading  the  lessen  to  him 
at  first,  he  is  unwilling  to  attempt  to  learn  it,  there  let  the 
matter  end.  Above  all  things,  be  patient.  If  the  next 
day  he  can  not  read  the  first  lesson  alone,  read  it  with  him 
again,  as  at  the  first,  and  then  go  on  with  the  second.  Do 
not  keep  him  on  one  lesson  until  he  can  read  it  perfectly, 
and  yet  d6  not  let  him  skim  over  a  great  many  lessons  with 
but  little  knowledge  of  any.     Pursue  a  medium  course. 

I  have  given  no  marks  of  inflection,  &c.  A  good  reader, 
does  not  need  them,  and  a  bad  reader  will  not  use  them, 
and  the  child  will  read  like  his  teacher  after  all. 

Hoping  that  this  little  volume  may  remove  some  of  the 
obstacles  from  the  paths  of  our  children  in  their  first 
searchings  after  knowledge,  it  is  respectfully  submitted  to 
the  teachers  and  parents  of  the  Confederacy. 

S.  LANDER.- 

Lincolnton,  N.  C,  Feb.  1,  1865. 


THE  VERBAL  PRIMER- 


LESSOIN     l.-TUE    NEW    BOOK. 

Look,  I  have  a  nice  new  book. 
Papa  has  just  given  it  to  me.  I 
am  six  years  old  to-day.  And 
he  says  I  may  learn  to  read.  *Oh ! 
T  am  so  glad !  I  will  try  my 
best,  and  learn  as  fast  as  I  can. 
And,  when  I  learn  to  read  all  this  book,  papa 
will  get  me  a  new  one.  I  hope  to  learn  more 
and  more,  as  I  get  older;  and  I  know  I  will 
try  all  1  can,  and  learn  to  read  my  nice  new 
book. 


LESSON    2.— SUNRISE. 

O,  you  lazy  boy,  get  out  of  your  bed :  the 
sun  is  now  about  to  rise  See  how  bright  he 
shines  upon  the  wall !  Come  to  the  window, 
and  look.  You  can  see  him  climb  up  behind 
the  hill,  aud  mount  into  the  sky..  Do  you  see 
him?  Rub  your  "sleepy  eyes,  and  look.  -You 
must  learn  to  get  up  early.  Don't  you  know, 
poor  Richard  says : 

"Early  to  bed,  and  early  to  rise, 
Will  make  you  both  healthy,  and  wealthy,  and  wise  ?" 


THE    VERBAL    PRIMER. 


I/ESSOINT    3.— THE    OX. 

Here  comes  our  old  ox.  He 
has  been  hard  at  work  all  day 
and  h«  is  very  tired.  How 
slowly  lie  walks  I  He  can 
hardly  drag  one  foot  after  the 
other.  Poor  old  ox !  I  am 
sorry  you  have  to  work  so  hard. 
But  God  made  the  ox  to 
work  for  us.  And  he  must  go 
when  his  master  gives  Ce  v  ;d.  A  1-ad  ox  will 
hook,  or  run  away  :  but  a  good  ox  is  always 
gentle  and  kind.  A  good  ox  will  not  hurt  a 
little  child.     I  love  our  good  old  ox. 


lissssoit  <*.-tii;:  kite. 

John  and  Tom  have  a.  nice 
new  kite.  Their  papa  made  it 
for  them.  '  They  are  going  out 
■  to  fly  it  in  the  freld.'  It  is  as  tall 
as  John.  If  the  wind  is  fair,  it 
will  fly  very  high.  John  must 
mind,  and  not  let  go  the  string;  fur,  if  he  does, 
away  will  go  the  kite.  Tins  kite  is  made  of 
paper,  and  it  is  very  light.  Tom  and  John 
have  a  good,  kind  papa,  to  make  a  kite  for 
them.  They  must  be  good  boys,  and  mind 
what  he  tells  them  to  do. 


TUB   VERBAL   PRIMER. 


LESSON    5.-THE    (Ame. 

And  here  we  are  at  the 
camp.  Here  is  a  soldier  with 
his  gun  by  his  side.  He  is 
reading  a  book.  I  hope  it  is 
his  Bible.  See  the  nice  cloth 
tents.  The  men  all  sleep  in 
them.  Can  they  keep  out  the  rain  ?  I  am 
afraid  they  sometimes  leak.  Soldiers  lead  a 
hard  life.  We  ought  to  do  all  we  can  for 
them,  for  they  do  a  great  deal  for  us.  Our 
soldiers  are  very  brave.  They  have  fought 
many  hard  battles  to  save  us  arid  our  country. 


LESSON     6.— ANN     AND    HEll     PET    CAT! 

Ann  has  her  pet  crtt  in  her 
arms.  She  calls  it  Kate.  Take 
care,  Ann  ;  if  you  hurt  Kate, 
\  she  will  scratch  you,  and  make 
you .  cry.  Did  you  give  Kate 
her  dinner  ?  What  did  you 
.give  her?  Bread  Mid  milk.  Well,  if  you  gave 
her  enough  bread  and  milk,  'that  will  do  very 
well.  Did  you  give  her  enough  ?  Q,  yes.  She 
ate  as  much  as  she  could.  Well  now;  let  her 
go  and  play  with  her  kittens. 


THE  VERBAL  PRIMER. 


LXSSOUNT    7.— THE    DOG. 

Here  is  a  fine  dog.  See  how- 
fast  he  runs  !  Do  you  see  his 
long  tail  ?  He  is  running  after  a 
^  rabbit.  I  hope  he  will  catch  it, 
I  and  bring  it  home.  If  he  does, 
we  will  cook  it,  and  eat  it.  A 
dog  has  four  legs,  and  he  can  run  very  fast. 
Dogs  love  to  hunt  rabbits  and  birds.  Some 
bad  dogs  kill  sheep  and  lambs.  And  some  dogs 
will  bite  men  and  bqys.     I  love  a  good  dog,  but 


I  do  not  love  a  bad  one. 


LESSON    8.— THE    CAT    AND    HER    KITTENS. 

How  many  kittens  has  this 
11  cat  Let  me  count.  One, 
two,  three:  she  has  three 
kittens.  What  are  their  names  ? 
Mollie,  Nannie,  and  Torn. — 
What  is  the  old  cat's  name  ? 
Why,  she  is  named  Nannie,  too.  One  of  the 
kittens  is  named  after  her.  What  are  the 
kittens  doing?  They  are  playing  and  romping 
about  with  their  motherv  Who  is  their  mother  ? 
Why,  don't  you  know  ?  The  old  cat  is  their 
mother.  Naunie,  you  must  teach  your  kittens 
to  catch  rats  and  mice. 


THE    VERBAL   PRIMER. 


LESSON     i>.— THE    RAT. 

Did  you  ever  see  a  rat?  Yes, 
I  saw  one  this  morning,  when  I 
went  with  aunt  Ann  into  the 
pantry.  Why  did  you  not  catch 
it  ?  Oh  !  I  could  not  catch  it : 
it  ran  away  as  fast  as  it  could.  How  many 
legs  has  a  rat  ?  It  has  four  legs,  and  a  long 
tail,  and  two  bright  little  eyes.  Do  you  love 
rats  ?  No,  I  do  not  love  them.  Why  not  i 
Because  they  eat  papa's  corn  and  wheat  and 
rye.     I  wish  they  would  all  go  away. 


LESSON    lO.-TIIE    GUN. 

Mamma,  is  this  papa's  gun  ? 
Yes,-  my  dear ;  it  is  the  gun  he 
had,  while  he  was  in  the  army. 
What  made  papa  go"  to  the 
army?  He  went  to  fight  for  his 
country.  You  are  too  young  to 
know  all  about  it.  When  you  get  older,  I  will 
let  you  read  all  about  the  war.  Your  father 
suffered  a  great  deal  in  the  army.  He  had  to 
stand  up  and  be  shot  at  many  a  time.  But  God 
took  care  of  him,  and  did  not  let  him  get  killed. 


THE    VERBAL   PRIMER. 


day 
fed. 
for 
ox, 

not 


LESSON    11.— THE    BOY    ON    THE    OX 

Here  goes  Tom  Jones  on  his 
father's  ox.  4  Tom,  you  are  too 
small  to  ride  on  an  ox.  Take 
care,  or  you  maj.  fall  off.  The 
ox  is  cominsr  home  from  the 
field.     He  has  been  at  work  all 

.  Now,  Tom,  you  must  see  that  he  is  well 
If  you  do  not  feed  him,  he  can  not  work 

you  any  more.     It  is  very  cruel  to  work  an 

and  not  feed  him  well ;  and  good  boys  must 

be  cruel. 


LESfcsoisr  ia.~THis  baby. 

Look  at  this  sweet  little  baby. 
It  is  sitting  in*  its?  mother's  lap, 


Its  mother  has  a  piece  of  ca 


ce 

for  it  to  eat.  Has  it  any  teeth? 
Oh!  no.  It  is  only  nine  montlis 
old.  But  it  can  gn&xy  soft  cake 
with  its  little  gums.  It  will  soon  have  some 
teeth,  and  then  it  can  eat  bread  and  meat. — 
Babies  love  sweet  things,  and  so  do  little  girls 
and  hoys.      Do  you  ?     %  not  this  a  sweet  little 


baby  ? 
arms  ! 


See 


how  it  holds  out  its  Sweet    lit 


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THE    VERBAL   PRIM1  U 


r/EfcSSOjN"    13.— THE    DOVE. 

Do  you  see  that  dove  lifting 

on  the  tree?     How  clean    and 

£&HHp      neat  it  looks  !     The  dove  is  the 

gentlest  and  kindest  of  birds.     I 

wish  I  eouTd  be  as    sweet   and 

kind  as  the  dove  seems  to 

Listen,!     Do  jo     hear  it       It  is  cooing  for  it< 

mate.     Most  men  love    the    dove.     Very   few 

men  will  kil    one.     Doves  seem  to  know  that 

men  will  not  hurt  them  :    and  that  is  wliy  they 

are  so  gentle      They  will  let  us  go  ven    near 

them. 


LESSON     11-  THE    MOON     AND     TUH     STARS. 

Who  made  the  moon  and  the  stars  to  shine 
ro  bright  at  night \  God  -made  all  things,  my 
child.  lie  made  th-  sua  to  shine  by  day,  an  I 
the  moon  and  th«  stars  to  rive  us  light  at  night. 
How  bright  and  beautiful  they  arc  !  And  (lid 
God  make  us  too,  mammn'i  Yes,  my  dear; 
He  made  us,  and  FTc  gives  us  our  food,  and  our 
clothes,  ;  nd  every  good  thing  we  have.  Vv'e 
must  be  good,  and  try  to  please  God,  who  is  so 
good  and  kind  to.  us. 


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THE   VERBAL  PRIMER. 


LKSSON     IS.— THE    BOY    AND    THE    PIG. 

Here  is  little  Willie,  feeding 
bis  pig.  What  do  pigs  eat  ? 
They  eat  corn,  and  bran,  and 
slop,  and  almost  any  thing. — 
Pigs  are  not  as  nice  about  what 
they  eat  as  good  little  boys  are. 
Willie,  you  must  have  fed  your  pig  very  well, 
for  I  see  he  is  as  fat  as  he  can  be.  What  is  his 
name?  His  name  is  Blaze.  Now,  Blaze,  you 
must  not  go  into  the  garden  and  root.  If  you 
do,  i  will  set  Watch  on  you,  and  make  him 
drive  you  out. 


lesson    lO.— WATCH. 

John,  have  jou  given  Watch 
his  supper?  Yes,  sir.  What 
did  you  give  him  ?  I  gave  him 
some  bread,  and  some  meat,  and 
some  bones.  I  hope  you  gave 
him  enough:  did.  you?  Yes, 
sir  ;  I  think  so.  Now,  Watch,  you  must  take 
care  of  us  to-night :  and,  if  any  body  comes  to 
steal  any  thing,  you  must  bite  him,*  and  drive 
him  away,  or  else  keep  him  fast  till  papa  comes 
nut  of  the  house.  He  will  tie  him,  and  have 
him  whipped.     . 


THE    VERBAL   PRIMER. 


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LESSON     VY—  THE     LITTLE    WAGON. 

Come,  Jane,  and  let  us  ri<le 
little  Ida  in  her  wagon.  Well, 
Fannie,  put  her  in.  And  now 
we  go.  Take  care,  and  do  not 
go  too  fast.  If  you  do,  Ida  may 
fall  out,  and  hurt  herself;  and 
then  we  would  be  so  sorry.  Who  made  this 
nice  little  wagon  for  Ida  ?  Papa  got  uncle  Jim 
to  make  it.  How  many  wheels  has  it  ?  It  has 
two  wheels  on  this  side,  and  two  more  on  the 
other  side.  That  makes  four  wheels  in  all. 
Two  and  two  are  four. 


LESSON     18.— THE     HEN     AND     HER     CHICKENS. 

Chick!  chick!  chick!  Come 
up,  and  get  your  supper.  I  have 
some  nice  mush  for  ycu.  So, 
come  and  get  it.  The  old  hen 
scratches  in  the  ground,  and  gets 
worms  for  the  little  chickens  to 
eat.  And  when  they  get  enough,  she  sits  down, 
and  they  all  run  in  under  her  wings.  There 
they  keep  nic*  and  warm.  And,  if  it  rains,  she 
keeps  them  dry.  The  hen  has  two  legs  and 
two  wings.     But  she  can  not  fly  very  far. 


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THE  VERBAL  PRIMER. 


LESSON    19.— THE    BIRD    IN    THE    CAGE. 

Jane  has  a  mocking  bird  in  a 
cage.  Jane,  will  you  let  ns  come 
and  see  your  bird  \  Oh  !  yes  ; 
you  may  look  at  it  as  much  as 
you  please.  Can  you  make  it 
sing  whenever  you  please  ?  JSTo. 
Sometimes  it  sings  a  great  deal,  and  sometimes 
it  will  not  sing  at  all.  Its  cage  is  too  small:  I 
am  trying  to  get  a  larger  one  made  for  it.  It 
can  sing  like  any  bird  it. hears.  Or  it  can  mew 
like  a  cat.  or  whine  like  a  dog. 


LESSON     SO.— THE    GOOD    EOT. 

John  Darby  is  a  good  little  boy.  He  always 
does  what  his  father  and  mother  tell  him.  He 
is  very  good  and  kind  to  his  little  brothers  and 
sisters.  He  never  goes  to  bed  at  night,  nor  gets 
up  in  the  morning,  without  saying  his  prayers. 
When  he  has  any  thing  good  to  eat,  and  his 
little  brother  wants  any  of  it,  he  always  gives 
him  some.  He  never  tells  a  lie,  or  takes  any 
thing  that  does  not  belong  to  him.  If  he  keeps 
on  so,  he  will  be  a  great  and  good  man  some 
day.  .  . 


THE  VERBAL  PRIMER. 


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LESSOR     31.-THB     CAT. 

The  cat  has  come  to  get  her 
milk.  Here  it  is  in  the  cup. 
Come,  Kitty,  drink  your  milk  , 
we  will  not  trouble  you.  Look 
_sU-  at  Kitty  ?s  whiskers.  Her  t.'iil  is 
so  long  that  it  drags  on  the  1loor. 
See  how  she  puts  out  her  tongue  when  she 
drinks  !  Kitty,  have  you  caught  any  mice  to- 
day ?  She  mews  as  if  she  would  say,  yes.  You 
must  catch  all  the  mice  you  can.  I  love  a  good 
cat ;  hut  I  do  not  like  a  lazy  cat,  that  does  not 
catch  any  mice  or  rats. 


LESSON    22- JOHNNY    AND    FIDO. 

Here,  Fido,  here !  Here,  Fido, 
here !  Listen  at  Johnny  Davis 
calling  his  dog  Fido.  And  look 
at  Fido  as  he  runs  and  jumps 
g|  up  at  Johnny.  Will  Fido  bite 
Johnny  ?  Oh !  no ;  Johnny  and 
Fido  are  good  friends.  Johnny  gives  Fido  his 
meat  and  bread;  and  Fido  loves  Johnny  so 
much  that  he  will  not  eat  his  dinner  for  any 
body  but  his  young  master,  You  see  how  glad 
Johnny  seems  to  be!  He  has  taken  off  his  hat; 
and  you  can  almost  hear  him  laugh  with   joy. 


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LESSON"    33 — THE    LARK. 

Here  are  some  very  pretty 
little  verses  about  the  lark,  that 
1  wish  you  to  get  by  heart. — 
Re*ad  them,  and  see  if  they  are 
not  pretty. 

1.  The  lark  is  up  to  meet  the  sun, 

The  bee  is  on  the  wing ; 
The  ant  her  labor  has  begun, 
The  woods  with  music  sing. 

2.  Shall  birds,  and  bees,  and  ants  be  wi*e, 

While  I  my  moments  waste  ? 
0,  let  me  with  the  morning  ris*, 
And  to  my  duty  haste. 


LESSOIS"    24-  TOM    JONES    AGAIN. 

Here  is  Tom  Jones  again.  And 
what  is  he  at  now  ?  At  some 
mischief,  I'll  be  bound.  Yes, 
just  so.  He  is  trying  to. put  his 
cat  into  this  close  box.  But  the 
cat  is  too  smart  for  him  :  and  it 
is  jumping  out.  I  do  hope  it  will  get  away. 
Tom,  how  can  you  be  so  cruel  \  You  ought  to 
b£  ashamed  of  yourself.  .  How  would  you  like 
to  be  fastened  up  in  a  tight  box  that  way  ?  You 
are  as  full  of  badness  as  you  can  be.  I  am  afraid 
you  will  come  to  some  bad  end,  if  you  keep  on  to. 


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LESSON     2:>.— THE     COW     AND     HER     CALF. 

Come,  Sarah,  bring  some 
bran  for  old  Brindle.  Give 
her  some  salt-  too.  See  that 
she  has  enomrti;  for,  if  we  do. 
not  feed  her  well,  she  will  not 
give  us  much  milk.  Let  the 
calf  have  a.  little  milk,  while  Brindle  is  eating 
her  bran.  Then  bring  your  pail,  and  milk  her'; 
and  be  sure  you  strip  her  clean.  Now,  Brindle, 
stand  still  ;  and  do  not  kick  over  the  pail,  while 
Sarah  is  milkingyou.  And  when  she  gets  done, 
you  may  go,  ami  lie  down,  and  chew  your  cud 
as  long  as  you  please. 


LESSON"    GO.— THE    HOUSE. 

What  is  this  house  made  of?. 

It  looks  like  it  is  made  of  logs, 

but    I    can  not   tell    from   the 

picture.     How  many  chimneys 

has  it?     It  has  two   chimneys, 

one  at  each  end.     Who  lives  in  it  ?     I  think 

Mr.  Jones  lives  in  it.     I  know  he  used  .to   live 

there :  but  he  may  have  moved  away  by   this 

time.     lias  Mr.  Jones  any  children  ?     Yes  ;   he 

has  two  sons  and  three   daughters.  ..  Don't   you 

remember  when  we  saw  Tom  Jones  riding  on 

his  father's  ox  in  Lesson  11  ? 
B 


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LESSON    27.- SNAP. 

So,  Snap,  you  have  caught  an 
other  rat  ?  Where  did  you  find 
him  ?  I  say,  where  did  you  find 
him,  Snap?  Why  don't  you 
answer  me,  when  I  speak  to 
you  ?  My  dear,  you  forget 
yourself.  Don't  you  know  that  poor  Snap  can 
not  speak?  God  has  made  us  so  that  we  can 
speak ;  but  dogs  and  all  other  brutes  can  not 
speak  at  all.  We  ought  to  be  very  thankful  to 
God,  for  making  us  -  so  much  better  than  the 
brutes ;  and  we  ought  to  love  to  do  His  holy 
will. 


LESSON 


ANNIE'S    BED. 


%  How  nice  and  tidy  Annie 
keeps  her  bed  !  You  see  that 
every  thing  is  in  its  place. — 
Annie,  did  you  make  up  your 
bed  by  yourself?  Oh  !  yes,  sir ; 
mamma  does  not  let  any  one  help 
me.  She  says  that  I  can  do  it  myself ;  and,  if  I 
get  used  to  working  for  myself,  I  can  always  get 
along  better  :  but,  if  I  have  some  body  to  help 
me  do  every  thing  now,  I  will  have  to  have 
help  in  every  thing  I  do  after  I  grow  up.  And 
mamma  knows  better  than  I  do. 


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LESSON    SO.— GOING    TO    SCHOOL. 


Willie,  do  you  go  to  school  ?  Yes,  Mattie ; 
I  started  to  go  last  mouth.  What  do  you  study, 
Willie?  Oh!  I  am  learning  to  read  in  the 
Verbal  Primer.  Do  you  know  how  to  spell 
yet  ?  Oh  !  no ;  I  am  not  old  enough  to  learn 
to  spetl  yet.  Papa  says,  when  I  learn  to  read 
all  the  lessons  in  this  Primer,  he  will  teach  me 
my  letters,  and  then  I  can  soon  learn  to  spell  as 
well  as  any  body.  That's  right,  Willie.;  learn 
all  you  can  ;  and  your  papa  and  your  teacher 
will  both  love  you.  Is  your  school  in  that 
pretty  house  just  over  the  bridge  ?  It  is  such  a 
nice  place ;  I  am  sure  you  must  love  to  be  there. 
If  you  play  by  the  creek,  or  on  the  bridge,  you 
must  take  care  not  to  fall  in.  The  water  is  deep, 
and  you  might  be  drowned. 


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LESSOR     SO.— LTLY    BROWN. 

Come,  Lily,  and  say  your  lesson. 
Who  made  you  ?  God.  Where 
is  God?  Every  where.  What 
else  did  He  make  ?  He  made 
all  things.  Can  you  see  God? 
Oh  !  no:  we  can  not  see  Him  ; 
hut  He  can  see  us,  and  He  knows  every  thing 
we  do  of  say.  Now,  Lily,  remember  all  these 
things;  and  take  care  not  to  <k)  any  thing 
wrong:  and  then  God  will  love  you,  and  take 
care  of  yo.u,  and  save  you  from  all  harm.  Well, 
mamma,  I  will  try  to  be  a  good  girl,  and  do 
whatever  you  and  papa  tell  me. 


LESSON     31.— DEATH. 

When  God  made  our  first  parents,  Adam  and 
Eve,  He  put  them  in  the  garden  of  Eden.  This 
was  a  beautiful  place,  full  of-nice  fruit  trees  and 
sweet  flowers.  He  told  them  that  they  might 
eat  the  fruit  of  all  the  trees  in  the  garden  hut 
one  :  but,  if  they  would  eat  the  fruit  of  that  tree, 
they  should  both  die.  The  devil  came  to  them, 
and  told  them  that  that  tree  was  the  best  tree  in 
the  whole  garden ;  and  they  would  not  die  if 
they  did  eat  of  it. '  And  so  they  believed  him, 
and  ate  of  it;  and  they  and  all  their  children 
died.     We  too  must  die. 


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LESSON    32.-THE     EIDE. 

Who  are  those  persons  riding 
down  the  road  ?  They  are 
coushi  Elia  and  her  brother 
Willie.  Uncle  William  told 
them  that,  if  they  would  study 
hard,  and  get  their  lessons 
^r^_  well,  they  might  take  a  ride 
this  evening.  And  now  they 
9  have  just  finished  saying  their  lessons,  and  they 
are  going  to  take  their  ride.  Cousin  Ella  is, on 
old  Gray  ;  and  Willie  is^nding  Tom.  Which 
is  the  oldest,  Willie  or  Ella  ?  Willie  is  two 
years  older  than  Ella.  Ella  is  fourteen  years 
old-,  and  Willie  is  sixteen. 


LESSON     33.-GKA.\TU'A. 

Good  morning,  grandpa;  we  have  come  over 
to  sit  with  you  awhile.  I  am  glad  to  ^ee  you, 
children ;  have  seats  with  me  outside  the  door  : 
it  is  more  pleasant  here-  than  in  the  house.  I 
got  lonesome  in  the  house,  and  I  came  out  to 
see  my  dog  and  cat :  they  are  a  great  deal  of 
company  to  me  in  my  old  days.  How  old  are 
you,  grandpa  ?  I  will  be  seventy  years  old  next 
month,  my  child.  God  has  been  very  kind  and 
good  to  me,  in  sparing  my  life  so  long.  Thanks 
be  to  His  name  ! 


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LESSON    34.-  PRAYER. 

Mamma,  if  I  sin  only  just  once, 
vvill  God  pot  mo  into  the  lake  of 
fire  after  F  die,  like  you  said  the 
other  day  i  I  think  I  sinned  this 
morning  :  for  I  got  very  angry 
with  sister  Mattie  because  she 

took  my  doll  away  from  me.     Yes,   my  dear ; 

no  doubt,  you  sinned.     But  God  is   merciful ; 

and,  if  you  are  sorry  for  your  sin,  and  pray  to 

Him,  He  will  forgive  yo-n-  sins  for  Jesus'  sake. 

Bi\t  you  must  make  up  your  mind  not  to  sin  any 

more  ;  if  you  do  not,  €rod  will  not  listen  to  your 

prayer,  nor  answer  it. 


LESSON    35*— THIS    COW.     * 

Mother,  T  have  just  been  out 
to  see  aunt  Milly  milk  the  cow. 
J  Well,  my  dear,  come  here,  and 
let  me  tell  you  some  thing  about 
the  cow.  The  nice  white  milk 
that  you  saw  is  good  to  drink 
by  itself,  and  it  is  very  good  to  put  into  coffee 
and  tea.  It  is  also  useful  in  various  ways  in 
cooking.  By  churning  milk,  we  can  make 
butter,  which  is  so  good  to  eat  with  bread,  you 
know.  And  by  a  different  plan  still;  milk  is 
made  into  cheese,  which  is  very  good  to  eat 
So,  you  see,  the  cow  is  very  useful  to  us. 


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LESSON    3G—TIIE    OX.    '-* 

Here  is  a  big  fat  ox.  How 
lazy  he  seems  to  be  !  What  is 
he  good  for,  mamma  ?  He  is 
soon  to  be  killed  for  beef,  niy 
dear.  Is  that  all  he  is  fit  for, 
mamma  ?  No,  no,  my  dear ; 
his  hide  is  made  into  leather  for  shoes;  his  tallow 
is  used  for  making  candles  ;  his  horns  are  made 
into  combs,  and  into  handles  for  knives  and 
forks ;  and  even  his  hair  is  used  for  filling 
cushions.  So  you  see  he  is  a  very  useful  animal. 
Why,  mamma,  I  didn't  know  he  was  so  useful 
as  all  that. 


LESSON    3T.-SIN. 


Lily,  my  dear,  do  you  remember  all  you 
learned  in  Lesson  30?  Yes,  mamma;  I  think 
I  do.  Well,  I  will  teach  you  some  thing  more 
to-day.  God  has  given  us  a  book,  which  we 
call  the  Bible ;  and  in  it  He  tells  us  all  that  we 
must  do,  and  all  that  we  must  not  do.  If  we  do 
any  thing  He  tells  us  not  to  do,  that  is  a  sin  ; 
and, -if  we  will  not  do  any  thing  He  tells  us  to 
do,  that  is  a  sin,  too.  lie  tells  us  in  His  Holy 
Book,  that,  if  we  sin,  He  will  put  us  after  we 
die  into  a  lake  burning  with  fire  and  brimstone. 


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LESSON    38.-  THE    GREYHOUND. 

Here  is  a  fine  picture 
of  a  greyhound.  You 
see  how  much  slimmer 
he  is  than  a  common 
dog.  What  is  he  good 
for,  papa?  Some  kinds 
of  greyhounds  are  used 
for  catching;  rabbits,  and 
some  kinds  for  killing  wolves,  and  some  small 
kinds  are  kept  by  ladies  for  lap-dogs.  Well, 
papa,  what  ar«  lap-dogs  ?  Some  people  keep 
little  dogs  as  pets,  and  nurse  them  in  their  laps; 
and  then  the  dogs  are  called  lap-dogs.  Well, 
well ;  they  must  be  strange  ladies.  I  know  I 
will  never  have  a  dog  on  my  lap. 


LESSON    3©.— FLOWERS. 

W  ho  does  not  love  the  pretty  flowers  ?  Come, 
Mollie,  and  tell  me  which  flower  you  love  most 
of  all  ?  Well,  mamma,  I  really  can  not  tell.  I 
love  the  rose,  the  pink,  the  tulip,  the  lily,  the 
violet,  and  the  Johnny-jump-up.  I  don't  know 
which  I  love  the  most.  Don't  you  think  they 
are  all  pretty,  mamma  ?  Yes,  my  dear;  they 
are  all  beautiful.  All  good  people  seem  to  love 
flowers  ;  and  I  am  very  glad  to  see  you  love 
them  so  much.  I  hope  you  will  always  remem- 
ber that  they  are  the  gift  of  our  Heavenly  Father. 


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LESSON    -AO.— TUE    GOOD    CHILDREN. 

How  pleas- 
nut  it  is  for  lit- 
tle children  to 
ve  togetherin 
peace !  Some 
little  boys  are 
always  quar- 
i  eling  w  i  t  h 
their  little ^  sis- 
ters ctnd  broth- 
there  is  no  pleasure  in  being  with  such 
boys  as  tjfiat.  •  But  Charlie  Jones  and  his  sister 
Annie  always  agreed  They  never  quarrel  about' 
their  playthings;  but  they  always  try  to  make 
each  other  happy.  This  makes  every  body  love 
Charlie  and  Annie.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Jones  are 
very  proud  of  their  children. 

LESSON     41-— THE    DOLL. 

Mattie,  come  here,  and  look  at  my  pretty  doll. 
Who  made  it  for  you,  Clara  ?  Aunt  Sallie  made 
it  for  me,  and  gave  it  to  me  for  a  birthday 
present.  How1  good  Aunt  Sallie  is  !  And  isn't 
it  a  pretty  doll  ?  Yes,  Mattie,  it  is  very  pretty  ; 
and  its  dress  is  so  fine,  and  fits  so  nicely.  When 
was  yo.ur  birthday,  Clara  ?  And  how  old  are 
you'*  I  was  six  years  old  on  the  day  before 
yesterday.  Well,  you  are  a  good  deal  older 
than  I  am.     I  was  five  \  ears  old  last  month. 


2G  THE  VERBAL  PUIMKR. 


LESSON     43.— ELLA    AND    HER    KITTEN. 

Ella,  what  is  your  little  kitten's 
name?  I  have  no t  n  am  e d  i  t  y e  t : 
I  can't  think  of  a  name  pretty 
enough  for  it.  How  long  have 
you  ha*!  it  ?  [  got  it  from  aunt 
Maggie  about  three  weeks  ago 
How  old  is  it  ?  It  is  just  two  months  old  to-day. 
Well,  Ella,  it  is  quite  young  ;  and  you  must  take 
good  care  of  it,  and  feed  it  well  every  day :  if 
you  attend  well  to  it,  it  will  soon  grow  up,  and 
leara  to  catch  rats  and  mice  ;  but,  if  you  forget 
to  feed  it,  it  will  get  poor  and  weak,  and  the 
poor  thing  may  die. 

LESSON    43.-KIN. 

Mother,  please  tell  me  about  my  kin  folks. 
Well,  my  child ;  listen  to  me,  and  I  will  tell  you 
some  thing  about  them.  Your  grandfather  is 
your  father's  or  your  mother's  father.  Your 
grandmother  is  your  father's  or  your  mothers 
mother.  Your  uncle  is  your  father's  or  your 
mother's  brother.  Your  aunt  is  your  father's  or 
your  mother's  sister.  Your  cousin  is  your  uncle's 
or  your  aunt's  child.  Your  nephew  is  your 
brother's  or  your  sister's  son.  Your  nieee  is 
your  brother's  or  your  sister's  daughter.  When 
you  get  older,  I  will  tell  you  some  thing  more 
about  them. 


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LESSON    44.- UNCLK    TOM. 

^  Hers  is  uncle  Tom  sawing 
wood.  Let  us  go  up  and  speak 
to  him.  Good  morning,  uncle 
Tom;    how  do  yon  dc    to-day? 


-Very  well,  Miss:  how  are  you 
this  muruuigl  Pretty  well,  uncle 
Tom  ;  and  here  yon  are  still  hard  at  work.  Oh  ! 
yes,  Miss;  that's  all  poor  Tom  is  fit  for.  But 
wouldn't  you  rather  be  free,  uncle  Tom,  so  that 
you  could  work  for  yourself?  Why,  no,  Miss; 
don't  yon  know  master  gives  me  every  thing  I. 
want,  and  takes  care  "of  me  when  I  am  sick  ? 
What  do  I  want  to  be  free  for  ? 


LESSON     45-  SILK. 

Mother,  you  told  me  the  other  day  that  some 
stockings  are  made  of  silk.  Is  that  what  your 
fine  silk  dress  is  made  of?  Yes,  nay  dear.  Wall, 
mother,  what  is  silk  ?  Silk,  my  dear,  is  a  very 
fine  kind  of  thread  spun  by  an  ugly  worm  called 
the  silk-worm.  This  worm,  ugly  as  it  is,  13 
changed  into  a  beautiful  butterfly.  And,  just 
before  it  changes  into  a  butterfly,  it  spins  its 
silk,  and  wraps  it  round  and  round  into  a  kind 
of  case  ;  and  then  it  crawls  into  the  case,  and 
closes  up  the  end,  and  lies  there  a>  if  it  was  dead. 
After  it  comes  out,  people  gather  up  the  empty 
cases,  and  unwrap  the  silk. 


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LESSON    46.- THE    HAWK. 

Oh!  me.  Yonder  is  that  old 
hawk  again.  Run  and  tell  papa, 
and  ask  him  to  bring  his  gun, 
and  shoot  the  hawk,  before  it 
comes  and  catches  one  •  of  our 
chickens.  Papa,  please  run  here. 
Don't  you  see  that  old  hawk  ?  Please  shoot  it, 
papa.  If  you  don't  shoot  it,  it  will  pounce  down 
on  one  of  the  chickens,  and  carry  it  off,  and  kill 
it.  I  do  wish  the  hawk  would  stay  away,  and 
not  come  troubling  our  chickens  so,  I  wish  I 
could  shoot  it. 


LESSON    42'.— COTTON. 

Mother,  are  all  stockings  made  of  wool  ?  Oh  ! 
no,  Sallie;  some  are  made  of  cotton,  and  some 
are  made  of  silk,  and  some  are  made  partly  of 
cotton  and  partly  of  wool.  Well,  mother,  what 
kind  of  animal  does  cottoti  grow  on  ?  Why, 
Sallie,  don't  you  know  better  than  that?  Cotton 
grows  in  the  ground.  In  the  States  on  the  south 
of  us,  a  great  deal  of  cotton  is  raised,  and  sent 
to  the  different  countries  of  the  world.  There 
is  no  other  country  in  the  world,  where  it  grows 
as  well  as  it  does  here.  •There  is  not  so  much 
raised  now  as  there  was  before  the  war. 


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LESSON     4rS.— JAMES    HILL    AND     HIS     FATHER. 

Come  here,  James,  and  tell  me 
where  you  have  been.  Mamma 
sent  me  up  to  grandpa's  this 
morning,  and  I  have  been  there 
ever  since.  What  did  you  do 
there  ?  1  played  a  while  with 
my  little  cousins  ;  and  then  grandpa  called  u3 
all  in,  and  told  us  some  pretty  stories  from  the 
Bible.  I  hope  you  will  remember  every  thing 
your  grandpa  told  you.  He  is  a.  good  old  man, 
and  he  loves  little  children  very  much,  and  he 
has  a  great' many  pretty  stories  to  fell  his  grand 
children. 


LESSON    49.-T0M    JONES    AGAIN. 

What  are  you  doing  there,  Tom?  You  are 
one  of  the  worst  boys  I  ever  -saw.  The  poor 
cat  got  away  from  you  that  day,  and  you  did 
not  put  it  into  the  tight  box;  but  now  you 
have  caught  it,  and  tied  a  string  round  its  neck, 
as  if  you  are  going  to  hang  it.  How  can  you 
be  so  cruel  ?  If  you  keep  on  so,  Tom,  I  am 
afraid  you  will  come  to  some  bad  end.  For 
father  says  that«a  bad  boy  will  almost  always 
make  a  bad  man:  and  bad  men  are  always 
getting  themselves  into  trouble. 


SO  TEE  VERBAL  PRIMES. 


LICSSON    CO.— THE    BAEN-YABD. 

Here  we  have  a  pic- 
ture  of  the  barn-yard, 
with  George  on  the  left 
and  Annie  on  the  right, 
both  sitting  down  to 
rest.  George  has  a 
hoe,  a  gun,  and  a  saw : 
Annie  is  just  sitting  with  her  arms  folded,  and 
with  nothing  in  her  lap.  Besides  George  and 
Annie,  I  can  see  a  hen,  a  cow,  a  horse,  a  hog, 
and  a  dog.  The  hen,  the  cow,  the  hog,  and  the 
dog  are  all  looking  toward  the  left;  but  the 
horse  is  looking  toward  the  right.  George  and 
Annie  must  not  stay  out  too  long :  they  may 
get  sick. 

X/ES^O-KT  -51.-FRUIT. 

Alfred,  are  you  fond  of  fruit?  Oh!  yes,  sir; 
I  am  very  fond  of  good  fruit.  What  kind  of 
fruit  do  you  like  most  ?  It  is  very  hard  to  tell, 
sir  ;  there  are  so  many  nice  kinds  that  I  can  not 
say  which  is  the  best.  Have  you  any  good  peach 
trees  in  your  father's  orchard?  Oh!  yes,  sir; 
and  we  have  some  very  nice  pear  trees.  Father 
sent  all  the  way  to  West  Green ^for  them.  Did 
he  get  any  other  kinds  there  ?  Yes,  sir  ;  he  got 
some  choice  apples,  some  very  fine  plums,  and 
some  very  large  kinds  of  cherries. 


TUK  VERBAL  PRIMER,  oi 


LESSON     53.— TOE    FOX. 

I  wonder  what  tin's  fox  is  hunt- 
ing  for.  He  is  lookiDg  down  the 
hill,  as  if  lie  saw ,  some  body 
coming  after  him.  He  i?  very 
cunning,  and  he  can  run  very 
fast ;  and,  if  a  dog  wants  lo  catch 
him,  he  mast  keep  a  sharp  lookout,  and  run  as 
fast  as  he  can,  besides.  The  fox  is  known  all 
over  the  world  as  one  of  the  most  cunning  of 
all  the  animals.  Did  you  ever  hear  any  body* 
say,  ."As  cunning  as  a  fox  ?,J  Take  care,  old 
1'ox ;  some  hound  may  catch  yQU  yet. 


LESSON    53.-W00L 

iSallie,  come  here,  my  dear ;  I  have  just  finished 
n  nice  warm  pair  of  stockings  for  you.  Feel 
them,  and  see  if  you  can  tell  me  what  they  are 
made  of.  Oh  !  mother,  you  are  so  good  and 
kind  !  And  they  are  so  nice  and  warm.  Is  it 
wool  that  they  are  made  of?  Yes,  dear;  and 
now  can  you  tell  *me  what  wool  is  ?  Isn't  it 
sheep's  hair,  mother  ?  It  grows  on  sheep,  Sallie, 
it  is  true ;  and  it  answers  them  in  the  place  of 
hair :  and  yet  it  is  very  different  from  the  hair 
of  other  animal?.  It  is  cut  off  from  the  sheep 
once  or  twice  a  year,  and  then  made  into  warm 
clothes  for  us. 


32  THE  VERBAY  PRIMER. 


LESSON     54.- tfOA'S    TOOL-BOX. 

Papa,  is  this  Tom  Jones  ?  Or 
what  Tom  is  it?  No,  Johnny,  it 
is  not. Tom  Jones.  Tom  Jones 
is  too.  wild  and  bad  to  care  any 
thing  about  a  tool-box.  It  is 
Tom  Smith;  and  he  is  a  very 
good  little  boy.  He  has  a  turn  for  working  in 
wood,  and  his  father  has  bought  him  a  nice 
tool-box  to  encourage  him.  He  has  plenty  of 
tools  in  it  to  do  any  easy  kind  of  work.  If  he 
Iceeps  on  so.  when  he  grows  up,  he  will  be  a- 
very  useful  man. 


LESSON    55.— GRAIN. 

James,  come  and  look  at  this  beautiful  field. 
What  is  growing  in  it,  father  ?  It  is  wheat,  my 
son.  See  how  nicely  it  waves  backward,  and 
forward  in  the  wind.  Father,  I  heard  Mr.  Smith 
talking  about  small  grain  the  other  day.  What 
did  he  mean  by  that?  Small  grain  is  wheat,  or 
rye,  or  barley,  or  oats,  or  rice.  Corn  is  a  kind 
of  grain  too  ;  but  it  is  not  called  small  grain. 
All  these  kinds  of  grain  are  very  useful  to  us. 
Some  of  them  are  ground  into  flour  or  meal  to 
make  bread  ;  and  the  others  are  good  to  feed 
horses  and  cows. 


THE  VERBAL  PRIMER.  33 


LESSON     SO.— GOING    FOR    WATER. 

Willie,  you  and  Bettie  must 
go  down  to  the  spring,  tind 
bring  a  bucket  of  fresh  water. 
Yes,  ma'am :  and  then,  when 
we  come  back,  may  we  say 
our  Primer  lesson  ?  Yes :  go 
on,  and  be  careful  not  to  fall  down  nor  hurt  each 
other.  Come,  Bettie,  let's  hurry,  and  get  back, 
so  that  we  can  say  our  lesson.  Well,  Willie, 
here  we  go.  And  now,  here  is  the  spring. — 
Willie,  dip  up  the  water  fast,  and  fill  the  bucket 
quick.  Now,  Bettie,  it  is  full  enough.  Let's 
hurry  back.  Now  you  are  good  children.  Come, 
say  your  lesson. 

LESSON    57-  THE    BIBLE. 

Lily,  I  told  you  the  other  day  that  God  has 
given  us  a  book,  which  we  call  the  Bible,  and 
that  the  Bible  teaches  us  that,  if  we  sin,  God 
will  put  us  after  we  die  into  a  lake  burning  with 
lire  and  brimstone.  We  also  learn  from  the 
Bible  that,  if  we  are  good  all  the  days  of  our 
lives,  God  will  take  us  when  we  die  to  Himself 
in  Heaven.  We  read  in  the  Bible  also  of  the 
life  and  death  of  our  Saviour,  and  how  he  suf- 
fered instead  of  us.  When  yoil  get  a  little  older, 
you  will  be  able  to  read  the  Bible  for  yourself; 
and  I  hope  you  will  always  love 'to  study  its 
lessons  of  divine  wisdom: 
C 


THE  VERBAY  PRIMEU 


LESSON    08.-FISHING. 

Take  a  seat  here  on  the  bank 
of  the  creek,  and  keep  as  still  as 
you  can,  and  keep  your  eye  on 
the  cork ;  and,  as  soon  as  you 
see  the  cork  sink  into  the  water, 
give  your  pole  a  sudden  jerk,  aud 
up  will  come  the  fish.  Take  him  off  your  hook, 
and  put  him  on  your  string ;  then  fix  your  bait, 
and  throw  in  your  hook,  and  watch  your  cork 
again,  and  soon  you  will  have  an  other.  How 
well  they  bite !  If  they  keep  on  so,  we  will 
soon  have  a  long  string  of  nice  large  fish.  Then 
we  will  take  them  home  to  mother. 


LESSON     SO.— THE    SAVIOUR. 

Mother,  please  tell  me  something  more  about 
the  Saviour.  What  is  his  name  ?  Where  was 
he  born  ?  What  was  his  mother's  name  ?  Tell 
me  all  about  Him,  mothe  can  not  tell  you 

all  about  Him,  Lily :  that  would  take  too  long. 
His  name  is  Jesus,  which  means  Saviour ;  but 
He  is  often  called  by  His  title,  Christ ;  and  often 
by  both  together,  Jesus  Christ.  He  was  born 
at  Bethlehem,  a  city  of  Judea,  not  far  from 
Jerusalem.  His  mother's  name  was  Mary;  and 
her  husband  was  a  carpenter  named  Joseph. 
The  Saviour  was  killed  by  the  wicked  Jews, 
when  He  was  about  thirty-three  years  old. 


THE  VERBAL  PRIMER.  35 

HiESSON     OO-  TTIE    BOAT. 

Do  you  see  the  man  in  the 
boat?  How  can  he  make  the 
boat  go  ?  Do  you  see  the  stiek 
he  has  in  his  left  hand?  Yes. 
Well,  he  bas  an  other  stick  just 
like  that  in  his  right  hand.  These 
are  called  oars.  There  are  little  pins  of  wood 
on  the  edge*  of  the  boat :  and  he  puts  the  oars 
against  the.-e-  pins,  with  their  other  ends  sticking 
into  the  water;  and  he  pulls  the  upper  ends  of 
the  oars  as  hard  as  he  can,  and  that  makes  the 
boat  move  through  the  water.  Do  you  see  the 
birds  flying  over  the  boat  ? 


LEJSSOIN     «1.-CIERISTMA8. 

Mother,  what  day  of  the  month  is  this  ?  It 
is  the  twentieth  of  December.  Then  Christmas 
will  be  here  in  five  days,  will  it  not  ?  Yes,  my 
dear.  Well,  mother,  what  is  Christmas  for  ? 
Come,  sit  on  my  lap,  and  I  will  tell  you.  It  is 
the  birthday  of  our  Saviour,  Jesus  Christ.  I  told 
you  the  other  day  that  He  was  born  at  Bethle- 
hem, a  city  of  Judea,  not  far  from  Jerusalem. 
His  mother  was  there  on  business,  and  the  hotel 
was  crowded  ;  so  she  had  to  stay  in  the  stable, 
and  there  our  Saviour  was  born.  Ever  since  then, 
Christmas  has  been  kept  by  Christians  as  a  holy 
day. 


36 


Till:    VERBAL    PRIMER. 


afraid  of? 
*;he    reins 


LESSON    62 — THE    RAILROAD. 

Take  care  there,  mas7 
John  ;  that  horse  will 
throw  you,  if  you  don't 
mind.  Don't  you  see 
the  train  coming  up  the 
road  ?  Woe,  Dobbin  \ 
woe,  si  r.  What  are  you 
That;  engine  can't  h  uH  you,  sir!  Pull 
tight,  mas'  John  ;  I  wouldn't  have 
Dobbin  to  throw  you  off  for  the  world.  Never 
mind,  uncle'Tom ;  I  think  I  can  manage  him. 
I  have  passed  this  place  on  him  many  a  time 
before.  He  always  prances  about  when  he  hears 
the  whistle  blow;  but  he  never  has  thrown  me 
off  yet.  Well,  that's  nothing,  mas'  John  ;  you 
must  be  careful,  or  he  will  throw  you  some  day 
yet.  These  railroad  cars  are  apt  to  scare  a  horse. 
Or  a  man  either,  uncle  Tom.  The  first  time  I 
ever  saw  a  train  coming  towards  me,  and  heard 
the  whistle  blow,  I  was  frightened  nearly  to 
death.  But  I  have  got  used  to  it  now,  and 
Dobbin  must  get  used  to  it  too.  The  railroad  is 
a  wonderful  thing,  mas'  John;  I  never  could 
see  how  the  engine  could  haul  such  heavy  loads 
as  it  does.  That  is  very  true,  uncle  Tom  :  since 
we  have  got  used  to  it  now,  it  would  be  very 
hard  to  get  along  without  the  railroad. 


TUs.    VtHliAL    I'LilMLU.  37 

LtCSSON     63.— TOM    JONES    AGAIN. 

Ah!  Tom. 

this  is  just  what 
♦  I  expected  long 
ago.  The  first ' 
' ^  time  I  saw  yon. 
you  were  rid- 
ing on  y  6  u  r 
father's  o  x  , 
when  you  had 
been  told  not  to  do  it.  The  next  time  you  were 
trying  to  fasten  up  your  cat  in  a  tight  box.  The 
next  time  you  were  carrying  the  same  poor  cat 
off  somewhere,  with  a  string  tied  round  its  neck- 
to  hang  it.  I  told  you  before  that  I  was  afraid 
you  would  come  to  some  bad  end,  because  I  saw 
that  you  were  a  very  bad  boy.  And  now  here 
you  are  with  your  leg  broken  ;  and  nobody  has 
much  pity  for  you,  because  you  are  so  bad.  This 
morning  Tours  mother  dressed  him  nicely  and 
sent  him  to  Sunday-school ;  but  he  went  off  with 
some  bad  boys  to  hunt  birds'  nests:  and,  while 
his  poor  mother  was  looking  for  him  to  come 
back  from  Sunday-school,  these  same  bad  boys 
brought  him  home  with  his  leg  broken.  He  had 
climbed  up  into  a  tree  to  get  a  bird's  nest,  and 
the  limb  had  broken  with  him,  and,  in  falling  to 
the  ground,  he  had  broken  his  leg. 


3« 


THE  VERBAL  PRIMKR. 


LESSON    04.- REST. 

Do  you  see 
\  this  man  and 
his  son  sitting 
B  on  the  log? 
They  are  Mr. 
Smith  and  his 
son  John . — 
They  have 
been  at  work 
with  their  hoes 
in  the  hot  sunshine,  and  they  have  come  out  to 
sit  down  awhile  under  this  large  oak  tree  and. 
rest.  The  dog  is  sitting  by  his  master's  side.  It 
is  very  pleasant  after  working  hard  awhile  to  sit 
down  in  the  shade  and  rest.  And,  when  night 
comes,  the  working  man  deligii  ts  to  see  its  shades; 
for  then  he  can  lie  down  and  sleep  much  more 
soundly  than  those  who  spend  their  time  in  idle- 
ness. After  resting  awhile,  we  can  go  hack  to 
our  work,  and  soon  make  up  for  the  time  we 
lost.  The  Christian's  life  is  fall  of  .toil  and  labor, 
as  long  as  he  remains  on  earth  :  hut  he  is  en- 
couraged to  endure  all  his  labors  by  the  promise 
that,  if  he  is  faithful  unto  death,  he  will  then 
enter  into  the  rest  prepared  for  all  the  people, 
of  God  at  His  right  hand  in  Heaven.  There  the 
wicked  cease  from  troubling,  and  the  weary  are 
at  rest. 


til3    VEKMAt   PRIMER. 


t.ICSSSON     65.-  THE    LION. 

-~^T  j&jjmk  Here  is  a  fine  picture  of 

.'SltS'lfe     a  ^on*     -^00^  at  ms  thick 
M|te  heavy  mane.     Why,  yes, 
-  papa;    how  thick  it   is! 

.''      '  But,  papa,  that  lion  that  1 

^S^^S^^^^-^^  saw  m  the  show  last  year 
bad  no  mane  like  this  ;  had  it  ?  No,  son  ;  that 
was  a  she  lion,  and  this  is  the  picture  of  a  he  one. 
The  males  all  have  manes ;  but  the  females  have 
none.  And  don't  you  know,  papa;  that  one  in 
the  show  had  a  little  young  one  :.  what  do  you 
call  it?  The  young  of  lions  are  called  whelps, 
my  son.  When  a  she  lion  has  whelps,  it  is  dan- 
gerous to  go  near  her,  unless  she  is  fastened  up 
in  a  cage;  for  she  will  jump  upon  a  man,  and 
tear  him  to  pieces,  if  she  thinks  he  is  trying  to 
hurt  her  or  her  whelps.  Well,  will  the  he  ones 
hurt  a  man,  too,  papa  ?  They  very  seldom  hurt 
any  one  in  the  day  time  ;  but  sometimes  they 
come  at  night  to  places  where  men  are  camping, 
and  fall  upon  a  man,  and  kill  him.  Where  do 
they  come  from,  papa  ?  They  live  mostly  in 
Asia  and  Africa ;  but  there  are  none  in  our 
country.  .  When  the  lion  roars,  it  sounds  almost 
like  thunder.  No-  other  beast  can  make  so  loud 
a  noise  as  the  lion.  He  is  stronger,  too,  than 
almost  any  other  beast. 


40  THE    VLRBAL   PRIMER. 

LESSON    66.-THE    FOX. 

Look  at  this  old  fox 
running  along  the  fence  ! 
He  has  been  up  to  the 
farm-house  at  some  mis- 
chief, I'll  be  bound.  Why, 
5T  papa,  are  foxes  always  in 
some  mischief?  Yes,  my  dear ;  they  are  very 
apt  to  take  what  does  not  belong  to  them  ;  and 
they  are  mostly  so  cunning  that  you  can  not 
catch  them  at  their  mischief.  What  do  they  live 
on,  papa  ?  They  eat  chickens,  or  geese,  or  ducks 
or  rabbits,  or  birds,  or  eggs.  Can  they  run  fast, 
papa  ?  Oh  !  yes,  my  son  ;  they  run  very  fast. 
None  but  the  swiftest  dogs  can  catch  them  at  a 
fair  race.  And  besides  that,  they  dodge  about 
so  that  they  fool  the  dogs,  and  have  them  running 
all  about  hunting  them,  while  they  are  all  the 
time  hiding  in  some  hole  and  resting.  In  this 
way,  it  happens  that  you  mostly  have  to  have 
several  dogs  to  catch  a  single  fox.  Well,  they 
must  be  very  smart.  Yes,  son  ;  every  body  has. 
heard  of  the  cunning  of  the  fox.  They  mostly 
lie  in  their  holes  all  day ;  and  at  night,  when 
every  body  is  asleep,  they  come  out  and  steal 
what  they  want  to  eat.  A  fox  will  take  a  goose 
or  a  turkey  by  the  neck,  throw  it  on  his  back 
and  carry  it  to  his  den. 


THE    VERBAL    PIUMEI:. 


41 


LESSON     G7.--THB    OLD    BACHELOR. 


Just  look  at  this  old  bachelor!  •  How  lone- 
some he  must  be  !  What  is  his  name,  mother  ? 
His  name  is  Mr.  John  White.  Why.  do  they 
call  him  a  bachelor,  mother?  What  is  a  bachelor? 
A  bachelor  is  a  man  who  has  never  been  married. 
If  he  lives  single  several  years  after  he  is  fully 
jgrown,  people  begin  to  call  hrm  an  old  bachelor. 
Well,  mother,  uncle  Ben  is  thirty  years  old,  and 
he  has  never  been  married,  jou  know ;  is  he  an 
old  bachelor  ?  Yes,  my  dear ;  he  will  soon  be 
an  old  bachelor,  if  he  is  not  one  already.  Well, 
I  wish  uncle  Ben  would  get  married.  How  old 
is  Mr.  White,  mother?  Nobody  knows,  my 
dear.  He  will  never  tell  his  age.  I  suppose  he 
is  getting  right  old.  He  always  looks  quite  sad. 
His  cat  is  all  the  company  he  has,  except  his- 
house  full  of  rats,  and  they  are  not  very  pleasant 
company,  I  am  sure.  Well,  mother,  I  hope 
uncle*  Ben  will  never  come  to  that. 


TTIH  VERBAL  PRiMS'lf. 


TjTCSSOjM"   gs.—loyb  each,  othku'. 


Here  are  Mrs.  Black,  and  her  three  children,, 
John,.Bettie,  and  Sallie.  Mrs.  Black  is  sitting 
by  herself,  working  on  a  jacket  for  little  John. 
The  three  children  are-  looking  together  at  a» 
book,  that  one  of  them  is  holding  in  lier  lap. 
The  one  that  is  holding  the  book  is  Bettie ;  and; 
of  course,  the  oilier  girl  is  Sallie.  These  littli 
girls  are  very  kind  to  each  other,  and  to  their 
brother  John  ;  and  John  is  also  very  good  and 
kind  to- them.  Mrs.  Black  is  very  happy  to  see 
her  children  tave  each  other  so  much  :  and  their 
kindness  to  each  other  makes  her  love  them< 
much  more  than  she  would  do,  if  they  were 
always  quarreling  with  each  other.  I  hope-  my 
little  readers  will  always  try  to  do  like  these- 
little  children  of  Mrs.  Black. 


THE  VERBAL  PRIMER. 


43 


LESSON    09.— Tim    CHASE. 

Ob  !  what  a  fine,  fat 
#/£***<?>    hog  !     He  looks  almost 
S5**..  {,,t  enoujiti  to  kill.    But 
look  !  there  comes  Tow- 
zer  close  after  him.  Now 
for  a  race.     Hurry   upy 
Towzer ;  or  yon  will  not 
catch  him.     Run,    nog, 
run.     If  you  ikMi'r.  mind,  Towzer  will  eatch  you 
before  you  know  it.     This  hog  has  been  in  the 
lot ;  and  papa  has  set  Towzer  after  him,  to  drive 
him  out ;   and  Towzer  wants   to  catch   him  by 
the  ear  and  hold  him,  so  as  to  make  him  ke  p. 
out  of  the   lot.    If  Towzer  does  catch  him,  he 
will  make  him  sorry  that  he  ever  went  in  there. 
I  would  not  wonder  i  '  he  would  bite  off  one  of 
his  ears  before  he  lets  him  go.     Yes,  but  he  has 
not  caught  him  yet:  and,  if  he  doesirt  mend  his 
pace,  I  don't  believe  he  will  catch  him.     Well, 
isn't  that  a  pretty  race  ?     Towzer  has  found  his 
match  this  time,  sure.     Yes  ;  and  I  thought  the 
hog  was  altogether  too  fat  to  run  fast.     He  will 
not  want  to  have  an   ojther  race   with  Towzer, 
though ;    I'll    be    bound.     And   I  will  no$  be 
surprised  if  this  chase  will  keep  him  out  of  the 
lot.    If  hogs  an-  allowed  to  get  into  the  fields, 
.they  root  up  the  ground  and  destroy  the  corn. 


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THE    VERBAL   FiilMEtt. 


LESSON     yO.— BOYS    AT    PLAY. 


Here  (ire  John  and  Tom  out  on  the  lawn, 
playing  with  their  ball.  John  has  just  thrown 
the  ball  to  Tom,  and  Tom  is  just  about  to  catch 
it  in  both  hands.  They  both  seem  very  fond  of 
the  game ;  and  1  should  think  from  their  looks 
they  would  keep  on  playing  until  they  both  get 
very  tired.  Ball  and  other  outdoor  games  are 
very  good  for  boys:  but  they  must  be  careful 
not  to  play  too  long  at  -any  of  them ;  for  too 
much  play  will  do  as  much  harm  as  too  little- 
There  is  not  much  danger,  though,  of  school- 
boys playing  too  much  ;  for,  if  they  get  their 
lessons  as  well  as  they  should,  they  will  not  have 
time    to    bust  themselves  by   too  much   play. 


THE   VERBAL  rr.IMER, 


4:> 


LISSSOZS     7%.— KATIE    AND    HER    COUSIN. 


Katie  Strange  is  a  sood  little  girl.  Every 
body  loves  her,  an  entries  to  make  her  happy. 
Her  cousin,  John  Brown,  has  come  over  to  see 
her,  and  spend  the  day  with  her.  lie,  too,  is  a 
good  boy:  so  you  may  be  sure  they  will  have  a 
pleasant  day  together.  Katie  is  sitting  on  a 
stool  near  the  table,  and  is  pointing  with  her 
left  hand  to  her  ball  under  the  table.  John  is 
standing  near  her,  and  seems  to  be  listening  to 
what  she  is  telling  him  I  suppose  that  she  is 
asking  him  whether  he  wants  to  play  with  her 
ball ;  and,  if  he  is  as  clever  as  I  think  he  is,  he 
will  do  whatever  she  wishes.  That  is  the  way 
good  little  boys  and  girls  ought  to  do.  Even  if 
they  do  not  feel  like  doing  any  thing,  they  ought 
to  be 'willing  to  do  it,  to  please  their  friends  and 
playmates.  Are  you  as  good  as  Katie  Strange 
and  her  cousin  John  ? 


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THE  VERBAL  PRIMER. 


LESSON    7S.— THE    SWANS, 


Look,  John,  what  a  beautiful  place  this  is  ! 
See  the  Uout  stone  bridge  over  the  stream! 
And  how  gently  the  stream  glides  along  !  You 
can  hardly  tell  which  way  it  is  moving.  Yes, 
Mary,  the  place  is  beautiful  indeed ;  but  the 
prettiest  thing  I  pee  is  this  lovely  pair  of  swans. 
Look  how  gracefully  they  bend  their  long,  slim 
necks!  Don't  you  think  they  are  beautiful, 
sister  ?  Yes,  brother  John,  they  are  very  beau- 
tiful. I  think  they  are  the  prettiest  birds  I  ever 
saw.  And  how  gentle  they  are  too,  sister  Mary ! 
Look !  This  black  one  is  eating  from  my  hand. 
Hurry,  John ;  it  is  almost  time  for  us  to  be  at 
home. 


THE   VERBAL  l>fi!ME"S. 


W 


LESSON    73.— T0W2ER    AND    THIS    PUPPIES. 

And  so.  Towzer,  )ou 
did  not  catch  the  hog, 
after  all.  Don't  you  feel 
ashamed  of  yourself? — 
And  now  you  have  gone 
to  playing  with  t  li  e 
puppies.  Towzer  id  a 
good  old  dog.  He  loves  to  play  with  little  dogs ; 
and  they  love,  to  play  with  him,  because  they 
know  that  they  will  not  hurt  them.  Papa,  what 
is  that  leather  strap  around  his  neck  for  ?  That 
is  his  collar,  my  son.  He  is  kept  fastened  up 
mostly  during  the  day,  and  he  is  let  loose  at 
night.  What  do  they  keep  him  fastened  for, 
papa  ?  They  do  this  to  make  him  a  better  watch 
dog.  If  he  is  allowed  to  run  loos^e  all  day,  he 
will  go  to  sleep  at  night;  and  then,  if  a  rogue 
should  come  to  steal  any  thing,  he  would  never 
know  it,  because  he  would  be  asleep.  But,  if 
he  is  kept  chained  all  day,  he  will  lie  asleep 
nearly  all  the  time  ;  and  then  the  least  noise 
any  where  about  the  lot  at  night  will  be  sure  to 
wake  him  up.  Well,  I  am  sorry  for  poor 
Towzer.  T  wish  he  could  run  loose  all  the  time, 
because  he  is  so  good  to  the  puppies.  We  should 
be  very  kind  to  a  good  dog  and  feed  him  well, 
for  he  never  allows  any  one  to  trouble  us  at  night. 


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THE   VERBAL    PRIMER. 


LESSON     74:.— CHILD'S    PRAYERS. 

1.     THE-  lord's   prayer. 

Our  Father  who  art  hi 
Heaven,  hallowed  be 
thy  name ;  thy  kingdom 
come ;  thy  will  be  done 
on  earth  as  it  is  in  Heav- 
en: give  us  this  day  our 
daily  bread ;  and  forgive 
us  our  trespasses,  as  we  forgive  those  who  tres- 
pass against  us :  and  lead  us  not  into  tempta- 
tion, but  deliver  us  from  evil ;  for  thine  is  the 
kingdom,  and  the  power,  and  the  glory,  for  ever 
and  ever.     Amen. 

2.  MORNING*   PRAYER. 

Now  I  awake  and  see  the  light; 

'Tis  God  who  kept  me  through  the  nighut 

To  Him  I  lift  my  voice  and  pray 

That  He  will  keep  me  through  this  day  : 

If  I  should  die  before  His  done, 

0  God,  accept  me  through  thy  Son.     Amen. 

3.  evening  prayer. 

Now  I  lay  me  down  to  sleep ; 

1  pray  the  Lord  my  soul  to  keep  : 
If  I  should  die  before  I  wake, 

I  pray  the  Lord"*my  soul  to  take, 

And  this  I  ask  for  Jesus'  sake.     Amen. 


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